27 soc.sec.rep.ser. 18, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 14888a Claire McDonald v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1989-09-07

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LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) appeals from the award of attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs in a suit that had challenged certain Social Security regulations. The fees were awarded by the district court under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Enacted in 1980, EAJA provides that in some circumstances the United States shall be ordered by the court to pay the attorneys’ fees…

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